Resilient heel



F. GRAFFES.

RESILIENT HEEL.

PPLICATION FILED FEB-5,1921.

1,395,342 Patented Nov. 1,1921.

INVENTOR A TTOHN IT'ED STATES FBANK GRAFFES, F EASTHAMPTON, MASSAGEUSIET'JIS.

RESILIEN'I' HEEL.

Application filed February 5, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F RANK GRAFFES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Easthampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Heels, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention i the provision of a rubber or cushion heel so designed as to prevent slipping of the heel when once in place, and also toprovide a safe and soft shock-absorbing heel.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which like-named characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe equipped with the heel.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the heel plate.

Fig. 3 is a substantially central cross-sectional view of the heel plate.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the underside of the heel.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a shoe'having a common leather heel body 2, the heel plate 3 being attached to the latter.

The upper marginal surface of the heel is concave as shown at 4 and one of the sides 3 of the heel is preferably of greater thick ness than the other 3 to provide for excess of wear on that side over the other; also to save time for the shoemaker instead of putting extra pieces in as fillers, for all persons, with hardly any exception, cause greater wear on one side of the heel than on the other. The arrow (Fig. 2) indicates the thicker side.

In order, to lessen the task of the shoemaker in mounting the heel plate upon the body 2, there is provided a pair of grips 5 extending upward from the forward edge of the heel, these grips being adapted to retain the heel .against slipping backward, thus allowing the shoemaker to secure the heel plate in proper position, preventing slipping of the heel during assembling and are removed after the heel i attached.

A portion of the upper surface of the heel is recessed as at 9 and a plate having its upper surface'formed in a series of arcuate Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 442,666.

serrations 10 arranged in overlapping rela tion.

The underside 6 of the heel-3 is curved convexly and a plurality of extensions 7 protrude therefrom and a cup 8 is provided in each of these extensions.

The heel plate is preferably attached by means of cement and in attaching the same that portion of the heel 2 whichis to fit above the cut-out portion 9, is first roughened as for instance by nailing strips or pieces of leather scraps across the heel body 2. Then, whenthe heel plate is attached, the serrations 10, which point toward the forward end of the heel, will prevent the heel plate from slipping in a forward direction; and, as aforementioned the grips 5 will prevent the same from slipping in a rearward direction, thus adding security and life to the heel, as well as increasing the comfort of the wearer.

I claim 1. A heel plate comprising a body of resilient material having a recess in the upper surface thereof, a plate having a plurality of arcuate serrations in the recess, and means for preventing movement of said body in a rearward direction while being assembled.

. 2. A heel plate comprising a body of resilient material having a concave upper surface and containing a recess in the upper surface thereof, a plate having a plurality of arcuate serrations in the recess, said serrations being inclined in a forward direction, and means for preventing movement of said body in a rearward direction while assembling.

3. A heel plate'comprising a body of 'resilient material having a recess in the upper concave surface thereof, a plate having a plurality of arcuate serrations disposed in the recess, said serrations being inclined in a forward direction, and means for preventing movement of said body in a rearward direction while the same is being mounted comprising a plurality of grips extending up Ward from the forward edge of said body and adapted to engage the forward edge of the body of the shoe heel to which said device is attached.

In witness whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK GRAFFES- 

